A Kinston man’s in jail after allegedly assaulting and kidnapping his pregnant ex-girlfriend Saturday.

According to Kinston Department of Public Safety reports, Jaquez Rasheem Herring illegally entered a residence in the 900 block of East Highland Avenue around 5 a.m. and subsequently assaulted his girlfriend and held her against her will.

Police dispatched to the area noticed the victim displayed visible injuries.

“Officers noticed that her right eye was swollen – the victim said that her ex-boyfriend beat her up,” KDPS spokesman Woody Spencer said. “When she walked into the residence, Mr. Herring jumped out of the bathroom and beat her up … about the head, face and body. Also, the report says she was choked.”

Herring, 21, was later arrested at the intersection of U.S. 258 North and Daly Waldrop Road.

He’s charged on felony counts of assault by strangulation, second-degree kidnapping, breaking and entering, and misdemeanor counts of battery of an unborn child, assault on a female, communicating threats and injury to personal property.

Herring’s due Monday in Lenoir County District Court for the felonies and on Aug. 14 for the misdemeanors.

He served time in state prison from August 2012 to June 6, 2013 for felony armed robbery and again December 2013 to June 24 after violating parole in regard to misdemeanor counts of assault on a female and resisting arrest.

Herring was accused of felony first-degree murder from a 2011 incident but not convicted. In August 2013, he allegedly participated in an altercation with his girlfriend – in which he pulled her hair and punched her – but prosecution was declined.

Then, in December – while declared a parole absconder by the state Department of Public Safety – he fled from a state probation and parole officer south down N.C. 11 before bailing from his car and running into the woods near Southwest Creek.

That incident led to a temporary lockdown at South Lenoir High School.

Herring was placed into the W.E. “Billy” Smith Detention Center under a $152,000 bond.

Wes Wolfe can be reached at 252-559-1075 and Wes.Wolfe@Kinston.com. Follow him on Twitter @WolfeReports.